19, 2020, after the declared a state of emergency, become the epicenter of COVID - XNUMX New York City.At Columbia University medical center, a department of adaptive response"Duty report: epidemic center professional experience of the surgical department".Recently published in theSurgical yearbook.
Outbreak is unprecedented damage to normal hospital operations, and immediately brought two challenges: management of existing hospitalized patients and an influx of COVID - 19 patients.A third challenge: take care of the surgery was arranged but will inevitably be delayed.
Specialist surgical department implemented a breast surgery patients with SCOUT management of rapid response strategy®Radar positioning system.SCOUT let the department can carry on the classification to the patients and in preparation for the backlog of radiology department for the treatment of downstream patients, effectively cope with COVID - 19 of numerous unprecedented challenges.
fromSurgical yearbookThe article highlights include:
- Mammogram screening delay make radiologists can perform SCOUT positioning, in order to minimize downstream scheduling surgery patients.
- Places the SCOUT reflector, a day at most 10 positioning, to prepare for surgical intervention.This method can flexibly handle unpredictable operating schedule.If approved by the operation and operation scheduling committee, can immediately add positioning patients to the surgical plan.Columbia University medical center during the peak of COVID management does not need the default of the guide wire positioning operation.